So we all should know that it is better/cheaper to put on a sweater when you are cold rather then turn up the heat or put on a fan/open a window before turning on the AC. Just doing that I am sure saves money. Other then the AC side of things as Brian loves his AC and HATES the heat, I do not know exactly how much we have saved by not turning on the heat until absolutely necessary since we have never turned the heat on early at all. :)
Brian and I found a new trick! A couple months ago we thought our dishwasher had broken down, we think something just ended up getting stuck in it. Anyway, since our landlord was ignoring our calls Brian read the manual to see if he could fix it. Reading the manual, he found that if you turn the faucet on hot and let it get as hot as it can get before you turn the dishwasher on you can actually run a full load on lite wash. Litewash=less energy used and we think it takes less electricity to heat the water from the faucet then heating it in the dishwasher. Well either both things or right or at least one of them is because our electric bill is only $79 and it was more last year at this time. We shall see how next month does but we think we found a way to lower our bill!
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